1902

"Mirabile Dictu!" Another classmate on the still active roster. Burr Whitcher writes that he is on the job but doing mostly office consultation. His wife, Jessie, is very busy as a nurse, in charge of a medical ward in a Burlington, N.J., hospital from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Burr has a son, 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren. He reports that he is real well except for a bit of arthritis.

A nice letter, last winter, from Ethel Estabrook with full details of the Hopkins dinner. Ethel and Bob sat with Wattie and Duckie Drake sat on the dais as a special guest but came down to chat with them. Jennie and I dropped in last spring for a very pleasant call on Bob and Ethel at their home on a winding tide-river on the outskirts of Duxbury. Bob has gone joyously into vegetable gardening and loaded us with raspberries and assorted vegetables.

Wattie was disappointed that we had only three classmates and one wife at the dinner but felt better when only five were present from 1901, Hoppie's class. Considering our age and the high price of wheat at the Waldorf, it was not too bad. Wattie had been delegated by the Hanover Gazette to write an article on the occasion and had to spend most of the evening scribbling.

By the way, I had a charming letter from one of Wattie's former Korean students, Kwana Yim '57. He had read in the alumni notes my mention of Wattie and wrote to tell me how Wattie, or "Pop" as he called him, had meant so much to the boys who lived with him.

Have had several bulletins from Duckie Drake on his spring cruise on the Osloford, one from Belem, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon - "hot and humid," and one from Luanda, Angola, enclosing a picture of a native girl without even a fig leaf.

Louis and Ethel Dow were at "The Innlet," Ponta Vedra Beach, Fla., in March, and dropped in to see Estelle and Tom Barnes at New Smyrna. Louis said they had a very pleasant visit, enjoying coffee and cookies, and found them in very good spirits considering that Tom is past 80.

Helen and Arthur Chivers had a wonderful trip to Denver, California and the Grand Canyon last winter. Arthur says it was the first time in 108 years that the Chivers of the East have met the Chivers of the West.

I have had several pleasant letters from Herm Farwell, who has an uncle 101 years old, and looks forward to a long life. Don't forget to help Herm out in his thankless job as class agent.

Acting Secretary, 19 Channel Rd., S. Portland, Me.

Class Agent, 35 Du Bois St., Noroton, Conn.